The tale of the titan who first joined with Zeus to fight his fellow titans and then defied Zeus to bring fire to humankind.

The next set of nine passages of the Dao De Jing of Laotze. Translated by Bob Gonzalez. EPITOME presented passages 1-9, as well as an introduction to the work and its author, in episode 21.

Six sonnets of William Shakespeare on the theme of Time. Sonnets 2, 12, 15, 16, 18, and 19.

One of the most well-known of philosophers before Socrates, Heraclitus, known as "the weeping philosopher," wringing his hands over the depravity of the human race, and also "the obscure," cloaking his words in riddles, paradox, and oxymoron.

A Norwegian folk tale taking place on Christmas Eve. Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, adapted from the translation by George Webbe Dasent. Music by Bela Bartok, played on the recorder by Papalin.

More selections from the 5th edition of Edward FitzGerald's classic translation of the rubais, or quatrains, of the Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyam.

Selections from the 5th edition of Edward FitzGerald's classic translation of the rubais, or quatrains, of the Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyam.

A short-short story from the collection, The Four Million, by O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), known as the American Guy de Maupassant, because both writers wrote stories with plot twists at the very end.

The wisdom of Daoist master, Zhuang-tze.

A special Thanksgiving Day collection of sayings on gratitude from great authors, statesmen, and orators.